Purcell: Chamber Music

Henry Purcell

Chamber Music
London Baroque
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1327 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi HMC 40 1327 [Cass.]
Harmonia mundo "Suites" HMT 790 1327 [CD]

Contents:

Henry Purcell

1. Three Parts on a Ground in D (Z.731)
2. Sonata No. VI in G minor (Z.807)
3. Pavan a 4 (for 3 violins) in G minor (Z.752)
4. Chacony a 4 in G minor (Z.730)
5. Pavan a 3 in B flat (Z.750)
6. Pavan a 3 in G minor (Z.751)
7. Pavan a 3 in a minor (Z.749)
8. Pavan a 3 in A (Z.748)

Sonata No. VII in E minor (Z.796)

9. Adagio
10. Canzona
11. Largo
12. Grave
13. Vivace

Sonata No. XII in D (Z.801)

14. Adagio
15. Canzona
16. Poco largo
17. Grave
18. Presto
19. Allegro

Overtures

20. Overture a 4 in D minor (Z.771)
21. Overture a 4 in G (Z.336)
22. Overture a 5 in G minor (Z.772)

Suite a 4 in G (Z.770)

23. Overture
24. Sarabande
25. Bourrée
26. Minuet
27. Jig

Playing time: 63' 41"

Performers:
London Baroque:
Ingrid Seifert (violin), Ursula Weiss (violin), Richard Gwilt (violin), Nicholas Loggie (alto), Charles Medlam ('cello), Lars Ulrich Mortensen (harpsichord)

Recording site and date:
Unknown [11/1989];
Rel. 1990 (HMC), 1999 (HMT)

Excerpts
[4] Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8174 L'Angleterre baroque - Baroque England / Un siècle de musique anglaise (1650-1760) - Masks, Anthems & Semi-operas

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from Harmoniamundi.fr. Note that three sonatas (Nos. VI, VII & XII), recorded in 1989, have been recorded by the same ensemble again in 10/1992 & 03/1993 and appeared in:
a) No. VI: Harmonia mundi HMC 90 1438 Henry Purcell: Ten sonatas in four parts (Z. 802-811)
b) Nos. VII & XII Harmonia mundi HMC 90 1439 Henry Purcell: Twelve sonatas of three parts (Z. 790-801)

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